Rand Paul Releases Declaration of War Against ISIS
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) unveiled a formal declaration of war against the jihadist group Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) on Monday morning.In a statement, Paul's office said he would...
View ArticleOBAMA: 'Chuck Hagel Has Been No Ordinary Secretary Of Defense'
President Barack Obama made his statement on the resignation of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel from the White House on Monday morning.Hagel and Vice President Joe Biden stood alongside Obama during the...
View ArticleA Timeline Of Issues That Occurred During The Chuck Hagel Era
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has tendered his resignation and is set to announce his resignation alongside President Obama at 11:00 a.m. Hagel has been the Secretary of Defense for almost two years...
View ArticleJOHN KERRY: Trust Us, These Iran Negotiations Are Working
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that carving out a nuclear deal with Iran simply takes a lot of time, as he explained why the talks blew past yet another deadline that very day."This takes...
View ArticleBREMMER: Chuck Hagel 'Wasn't Given A Chance'
A prominent geopolitical expert believes Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel wasn't given the full set of tools he needed to succeed in his position before his resignation Monday morning. According to NBC...
View ArticleThis Is What Its Like To Live At The US' Most Remote Air Base
Deep within the Arctic Circle in Greenland sits one of the US's most isolated, and potentially critical, air bases. At more than 700 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Thule Air Base is located at the...
View ArticleWith Putin's Russia Looming, Finland Is Now Debating Joining NATO
As tensions have continued to increase throughout eastern Europe and the Baltic States, famously neutral Finland is being forced to reconsider its decision to remain outside of the NATO alliance....
View ArticleHere's The Depressing Reason Why Iran May Have Rejected A Generous Nuclear Deal
The nuclear negotiations between Iran and a US-led group of countries over Tehran's nuclear program have once again fallen short.On the one-year anniversary after the signing of the landmark Joint Plan...
View ArticleHere's How US Newspaper Front Pages Are Covering Ferguson, Missouri, Today
The US is teetering on the edge after a grand jury chose not to indict Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson over the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.In the aftermath of the decision,...
View ArticlePutin Just Tightened His Control Of The East Black Sea
Russia tightened its control Monday over Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia with a new treaty envisaging closer military and economic ties with the lush sliver of land along the Black Sea.The...
View ArticleThe US Is On A Collision Course With An 'Absolutely Indispensable' Ally
The US and Turkey are headed for a showdown over Syria, as evidence mounts that Ankara is enabling groups that Washington is actively bombing.Discord between the two allies is now more public than ever...
View ArticleWhy Cops In Britain And New Zealand Don't Carry Guns
Britain and New Zealand have adopted an uncommon style of policing. Their cops typically don't carry guns on the job.You might assume this would lead to more officer fatalities, but that's not the...
View ArticleThis Is What Ferguson Looks Like The Day After Riots
Protests erupted in Ferguson, Missouri, last night following the decision by a grand jury to not indict police officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown in...
View ArticleThat Time Angela Merkel Destroyed Putin's Machismo
Over the past 14 years, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have shared an understanding. After all, Putin served as a KGB officer in Germany from 1985 to 1990. So they...
View ArticleThis Artillery-Toting Vespa Was Designed To Take On Tanks
In the 1950s France, in the midst of dealing with insurgencies in its colonies in Algeria and Indochina, recognized a military need for easily transportable artillery that could quickly be deployed to...
View ArticleNorth Korea Just Rejected A UN Human Rights Resolution And Threw A...
Thousands of North Koreans gathered in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Tuesday to show their support for their government's rejection of a recent UN resolution on human rights in North Korea. Kim Ki...
View ArticleHere's When Cops Around The World Are Allowed To Use Deadly Force
When protests broke out after a police officer shot an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri in August, police in camouflage gear wielding assault rifles and stun grenades drove through the city in...
View ArticleThese Are The High Tech Military Systems Japan Is Purchasing To Counter China
Japan is becoming increasingly uncomfortable with China, its powerful and often aggressive neighbor.Although the two countries have sought to improve relations and find common ground over a daunting...
View ArticleMeet The Influential Woman Who Could Lead The Pentagon
Michele Flournoy is the early favorite to succeed Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense.And while some commentators have wondered whether the Pentagon's former third-highest-ranking civilian and founder...
View ArticleRussia Now Has 'A $12 Billion Reminder' Of Its Money Problems
Moscow's answer to Wall Street and London is relatively empty — and its presence reflects the larger problems in Russia's economy, according to a report by The New York Times.Not to be confused with...
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